Today, on a day off, when most of the media are resting, the most…

Today, on a day off, when most of the media are resting, the most high-profile case will actually collapse – about the giving of billions in bribes by co-owner of GK 1520 (the largest contractor of Russian Railways) Valery Markelov to GUEBiPK employee Dmitry Zakharchenko. Despite the fact that the prosecutor demanded that Zakharchenko be sentenced to 17 years in a maximum security colony, and Valery Markelov to 12 years, the sentence is no longer important.

Today the Presnensky District Court will consider (and it is already known that it will satisfy) the lawyers’ request for the immediate release of Markelov for health reasons. According to medical documents, he has stage 4 cancer. It is likely that Markelov has the disease, but the events that preceded this event are also interesting.
A source from the Cheka-OGPU said that an astronomical sum of $20 million was allocated to save Markelov. Who allocated it?

The Russian Railways money channel, which used bribes to protect Zakharchenko, continues to operate successfully. 1520 remains the largest recipient of funds from Russian Railways. The Markels are no longer among the founders of 1520, but Alexey Krapivin, who remains in the group of companies, does not hide the fact that he certainly respects the financial interests of his father’s close friend (the founder of KUM). Yes, and Boris Usherovich remains among the co-owners of 1520. Also, financial ties have not been broken with a partner from Ukraine, and now a defense fighter, Valery Razdorozhny.

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That’s all they highlighted. The main “donor” – enjoying her new mansion in the outskirts of London – is co-owner of 1520 and Markelov’s friend Boris Usherovich.

And then the following happens. The FSB officers lost all interest in the case and the trial. The senior state prosecutor in the Zakharchenko/Markelov case, Natalya Troshkina, was unexpectedly dismissed from the Prosecutor General’s Office during the trial. And now Markelov’s release.

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